prior to
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
This limits a Control or Mandate's secondary verb to be put into play before the event takes place.
MWEFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 9 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Requirement0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- prior toesprior tos
- possessive
- prior to's
- pluralpossessive
- prior toes'prior tos'